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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 8118785" data-attributes="member: 8461">Actually, I've always wondered if that's necessarily the case. In a world where magic is both prevalent and powerful, and interventionist deities objectively exist (insert the usual Eberron disclaimer here), perhaps some of the racial modifiers that we deem to be cultural could instead be inherent. Could Corellon Larethian not have made all elves proficient with bows, regardless of their training with them? Could being able to speak elven not be some sort of &quot;racial memory&quot;? Taken in that regard, the idea that humans were ubermensch compared to demihumans made a lot more sense, since it highlighted how humans didn't have their strengths and weaknesses inherently determined; each individual could choose them for themselves (though obviously, this was a lot more true in older editions of the game). In that regard, it seemed like no accident that there was no &quot;god of humans&quot; the way the elves have Corellon and the dwarves have Moradin, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 8118785, member: 8461"] Actually, I've always wondered if that's necessarily the case. In a world where magic is both prevalent and powerful, and interventionist deities objectively exist (insert the usual Eberron disclaimer here), perhaps some of the racial modifiers that we deem to be cultural could instead be inherent. Could Corellon Larethian not have made all elves proficient with bows, regardless of their training with them? Could being able to speak elven not be some sort of "racial memory"? Taken in that regard, the idea that humans were ubermensch compared to demihumans made a lot more sense, since it highlighted how humans didn't have their strengths and weaknesses inherently determined; each individual could choose them for themselves (though obviously, this was a lot more true in older editions of the game). In that regard, it seemed like no accident that there was no "god of humans" the way the elves have Corellon and the dwarves have Moradin, etc. [/QUOTE]

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